On 3.3.2012, at 18.06, Arnaud Abélard wrote: > I am currently using dovecot 2.0.13 and I have been working on keywords > handling our webmail and I have a few questions about how dovecot handles > them. > > First, if I am not mistaken keywords neeed to be UTF-7 encoded. That means I > need to encode special caracters using values between & and - chars. UTF-7 > encoding is case sensitive, &AOA- isn't the same chars as &aoa-. But docevot > save keywords in lowercase or am I mistaken? > > For example: > . STORE 1:1 flags &AOA-_refaire > * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (&aoa-_refaire)) > > This makes retrieving the keyword properly impossible. What did I miss?
Sorry, doesn't work like that. This was recently discussed in imap-protocol mailing list though, but nothing has come of it. > My other question is about the permanent flags being displayed upon selecting > a mailbox. I'm trying to understand why unused keywords are still showing up > in there. Is there a way to force the definitive removal of a keyword from a > mailbox? are old keywords kept undefinitely? For now yes. I've been thinking about doing something about this for last 8 years, but it has never become a real problem so I haven't bothered.
